New posting abilities/lack thereof

Deathstalker · #1 November 24th, 2001, 08:37 PM

Really not sure I like this new forum stuff.

, Gone are the days of our Ranks, now there is a 'poster ranking' that apparently others vote for.(umm, hello popularity contest?), new abilities like 'add poster to ignore list' (whats up with that?, this board is virtually flame-free, why do we need an ignore button?). That and I hope Shrapnel gets the attachments working quick (that and I hope all the previous attachments are not 'lost', that would be a nightmare).

Hopefully I don't sound too much the whiner (what can I say, grumpy old man that dosn't like change

.)

Suicide Junkie · #2 November 24th, 2001, 10:01 PM

I'm pretty sure the files are not lost.
If I click one of the file links in my sig, it goes to a "Download this file?" message, rather than a "404: file not found".

It looks like the sigs are added to the post by default. I may have to shorten it up a bit.

Andr�s · #3 November 25th, 2001, 12:58 AM

I had a bookmark to the shipsets/AI section. Seems to look the old way and show attachments.

http://www.shrapnelgames.com/ubb/For...ML/000017.html

Suicide Junkie · #4 November 25th, 2001, 02:31 AM

As long as there is at least one thread to post in that runs under the old system, we can upload files there and URL tag-link 'em from here.

It would work just fine, as long as those threads stay the way they are.

DirectorTsaarx · #5 November 26th, 2001, 11:24 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Deathstalker:
Really not sure I like this new forum stuff. , Gone are the days of our Ranks, now there is a 'poster ranking' that apparently others vote for.(umm, hello popularity contest?)
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Rank (Major/Captain/etc.) still appears - just not for the top (i.e., latest) post in a thread (which is kinda weird). And yeah, that "rate member" item is a thinly veiled popularity contest. I can't imagine anyone on this board getting a poor rating (at least not anyone who's allowed to continue posting).

[ 26 November 2001: Message edited by: DirectorTsaarx ]

Edit: I should have read a couple more threads before replying; someone else mentioned the above in the thread "Off-Topic Q for Richard".

[ 26 November 2001: Message edited by: DirectorTsaarx ]

Suicide Junkie · #6 November 26th, 2001, 11:28 PM

quote:
nd yeah, that "rate member" item is a thinly veiled popularity contest. I can't imagine anyone on this board getting a poor rating (at least not anyone who's allowed to continue posting).

Yay! Everybody's popular!